The Command & Data Handling Subsystem (CDH for short) is the “brain” of our satellite, so to speak. It collects and manages sensor and housekeeping data and commands the other subsystems. For our balloon mission, the CDH subsystem will have no “C”, i.e. no command handling part as our balloon will only be able to […]
The EPS system
Hey everyone! This is the EPS design team of MOVE speaking, we wanted to introduce you the system we designed: EPS stands for electrical power supply so we are responsible for everything related to power on the satellite. This starts with the solar cells which will generate the power on MOVE-III and includes our battery […]
The software Power Week
Matti Ukkola is 21 years old and studying electrical engineering in the 6th semester at TUM. He’s been part of the software team and has been leading it for the past one-and-a-half years and this is already his second feature story. Matti: DOSIS is the platform on which we are developing our syste. It is […]
First design lead of MOVE: Dominik Still
Hi, let me introduce myself! I’m Dominik, 23 years old, born and raised in Munich. After school, I stayed here to study Materials Science & Engineering at TUM. Apart from working on MOVE, my hobbies are cooking food from around the world, hiking in the alps and learning to play the ukulele rather badly. Dominik: […]
Our new software lead: Interview with Natia (Natalia) Piotrowski
Natalia: Hi, my name is Natalia Piotrowski, but everyone simply calls me Natia. I´m 20 years old and currently in the 6th Bachelor semester of my study course Informatics: Games Engineering. I joined MOVE in October 2020 because I wanted to gain more hands-on experience in Software development. A friend of mine, who had joined […]
Interview with a DEDRA Payload Engineer
Alexander: Hi, I am Alexander Hacker, am 26 years old and study ESPACE in the 3rd Master semester. In October 2019 I joined the DEDRA team. Alexander: As an ESPACE student, this is right up my alley. DEDRA was originally planned as a standalone project with a whole satellite. Since the MOVE-team already has a […]
Interview with new student leads: Lars and Jacob
Lars: I was born 23 years ago somewhere around Stuttgart and came to Munich two years ago to study Electrical and Computer Engineering, now in 5th semester. Besides developing CubeSats I enjoy sports like hiking or workouts and rarely also playing piano. Jacob: I’m 25 years old, from the province of Manitoba in Canada, and […]
System Definition Review: finally completed!
Since the 3rd of June all subsystems have been working on our most recent review, the System Definition Review (SDR). If you are interested in more details, have a look at our post about the SDR. On Friday, the 9th of October, this milestone was officially completed. All our subsystems had the chance to present […]
Interview with a Mission Controler
I’m 26 years old and I’m in my 6th Masters semester studying Aerospace. Before that I did my Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering. Since my bachelor thesis, six Semesters ago. I learned about MOVE at the beginning of my Bachelor, when they were presenting all the different student groups. I wrote my bachelor thesis about the […]
Mission Control Status Update August
It is August now, means the most of our members have exams and therefore things are going a bit slower than normaly. Nevertheless the Mission Control (MC) team keeps working and learning. About nine participants were present for the latest MC training, led by Linda within the context of her master thesis. They already completed […]